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Brazil’s Lula calls on permanent members of UN Security Council to change behaviour

By Thomson Reuters Apr 18, 2026 | 7:04 AM

BARCELONA, April 18 (Reuters) – The five permanent members of ​the United ‌Nations’ Security Council should agree to change their behaviour ‌after ​failing to ⁠stop the ⁠war in Iran, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da ​Silva told a progressive leaders’ ⁠summit ⁠in Barcelona on ​Saturday.

“We cannot wake ​up every morning and ‌go to bed every night with a ⁠tweet from a president threatening the world and ⁠declaring ‌wars,” Lula ⁠added in ​apparent ‌reference to U.S. ​President Donald ⁠Trump without explicitly naming him.

(Reporting by David Latona; Editing by Emelia ​Sithole-Matarise)